Introducing Docker Enterprise Edition for IBM Cloud

Docker Enterprise Edition (Docker EE) is a Container-as-a-Service platform for IT that manages and secures diverse applications across disparate infrastructure. It’s designed for enterprise development and IT teams who build, ship, and run business-critical applications in production and at scale, by bringing traditional applications and microservices built on Windows, Linux or Linux-on-mainframe into a single, secure software supply chain.

The latest version of Docker EE is 17.06.

As you look to modernize and extend your applications, Docker EE for IBM Cloud provides an unmanaged native Docker environment running within IBM Cloud, giving you the ability to consume services from the catalog like Watson, IoT, Data, Logging and Monitoring, and many more.

Docker EE standardizes legacy, microservices and ISV applications with uniform packaging that does not require changes to the underlying code. With Docker EE for IBM Cloud you not only gain basic tier features like the Docker platform for certified infrastructure, with support from Docker Inc. and certified containers and plugins from Docker Store, but also standard and advanced tier features that include, image and container management, LDAP/AD user integration, and role-based access control, Docker Security Scanning and continuous vulnerability monitoring, which together comprise Docker EE.

Currently this is a closed beta, but new users can sign up to request access. Our team will be in touch shortly with registration details.

Getting Started

Docker for IBM Cloud comes with a variety of integrations that simplify the swarm administration process. Leverage the Docker for IBM Cloud CLI plug-in (bx d4ic) and the Docker Universal Control Plane (UCP) to create, manage, and delete swarm clusters.

When you gain access to the beta, you will receive a token-imbedded-link to the Docker procurement center, where you may redeem the token for an EE advanced evaluation 90 day license for 20 linux x86-64 nodes. When you create your cluster using the IBM Cloud ‘bx d4ic’ CLI plug-in, you will use this license.

Use this step by step preview for quick setup and configuration of a working Docker swarm-mode install on IBM Cloud with more information available in our quick start guide.

Step 1: Accounts

Ensure you have an IBM Cloud account that can create infrastructure resources.

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